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Re: How to stop bees from building comb in division board feeder?

use a cap and ladder and problem solved plus less dead bees. I always blow a good amount of smoke onto the feeder before filling, this drives most bees out of it so they dont drown when I fill it.

All that said, if I had enough empty boxes I would prefer to feed with inverted jars on top. This avoids robbing, drowning, opening hives, can be done in any weather, etc. I have a few inner covers I made that hold 5, 2-1/2 quart inverted jars over screen holes. Thats over 3 gallons and works great for fall feeding. Problem is you have to have an empty deep box for every colony to feed this way or somewhere to put all the frames you pull out the boxes you use to do it.